Anastasia got to the dining and the food is already ready
"Did you have a good rest Anastasia?" Raine asked
Anastasia nodded and sit on the table. The guy she followed sit infront of her
"Y- you?!" Anastasia got shocked when he saw the guy that talk to her before at the rose garden and the one who gave her a handkerchief
"My lady.... I'm Aiden Cyneburga... it's nice to see you again" Aiden put his right hand to his chest and bow down a little
"C- Cyneburga... The first son of the emperor...." Anastasia stand up and bows down to Aiden
"I'm sorry for my bad manner to you Prince Aiden" Anastasia bite her lips, her sentence is stuttering
"Dont worry look up, right now both of us is the same place, the apprentice of master Raine..... you will be wife soon too." Said by Aiden
"Excuse me....?" Anastasia got shocked
Aiden smiled to her and go back to his sit. All of them proceed to eat. Anastasia still a little bit shocked because of what happened. She's thinking that she still need to put the nobility manners
"Anastasia are you ready for the ceremony?" Raine asking Anastasia
"What do I need to do?" Anastasia asked
"Hmm, you just need to give your everything" Raine smile to everyone
Everyone get awkward and just continue eating. Few second pass and Raine start to notice. One of the maid whispered something to Raine. Raine start fake coughing
"Ehem, I mean you need to give your trust to your familiar. I'm not sure if you can handle the burden to this two" Raine said
Anastasia nodded
"Mhm.... You need to show respect to this two.... not really respect.. you just need to show them that there special" Raine said
"How?" Anastasia asked
"Your the one who need to find it" Raine smiled
Anastasia is confused what Raine talking about. She look to Aiden
"Yes....?" Aiden hesitate
"How about you Prince Aiden? You have a familiar right?" Anastasia's eyes is shining towards Aiden
"Haha..... I'm not sure anymore. And drop the Prince....." Aiden smiled with hesitation
Anastasia sighed and finished her food. Everyone finished eating and start cleaning up. Ruth and Luke, look to Anastasia on there human form
"Hmm?" Anastasia look at them
Both of them have sulking face while looking to Anastasia. They stay quiet and Raine noticed it. Raine smiled and whispered
"Our boys is obedient" and walk away
"What's wrong Ruth.... Luke?" Anastasia asked
"Are you done?" Luke asked
"About what?" Anastasia asked
"Isn't it's time for the ceremony?" Luke look at Anastasia with puppy eyes
"I'm still not sure how...." Anastasia look away
Ruth hold Luke's head and drag him away. All of them go out but Anastasia and Aiden stay inside the house. Both of them is cleaning the table
"Anastasia?" Aiden interrupted the silence
"Yes?" Anastasia answered
"Are you sure it's ok.... that you didn't tell your family about this?" Aiden asked
"Ahh..... I think this is the best choice Prince....." Anastasia smile awkwardly
"You really cannot remove the Prince aren't you?" Aiden laugh a little
"Mhm... since I was young my parents want us to serve the emperor and the empress, that's why it's quite hard" said by Anastasia
"Well...... if it's just both of us dont look at me as the son of the Emperor" Aiden smiled to Anastasia
"Pardon...?" Anastasia look at him with a confused face
"Mhm... when it's just both of us... call me..... any nickname you want" said by Aiden
"Mhm.... ok... what about.... Addie?!" Anastasia suddenly points her finger with a bubbles to Aiden, the soup splash to Aiden's clothes
"Ahh.... I'm ok with Addie" Aiden smiled
"P- Pri- Addie your clothes?!" Anastasia panicked and start wiping the bubbles with her handkerchief
Aiden hold Anastasia's hand and said
"You dont need to wipe it, its ok" he smiled
Both of them laugh and continue washing the dishes
"I'm quite sure that your brother is trying to look for you..." Aiden said
Mhm.....
On the other side, At the Arevalous manor
"Where the hell is she?!" Lucas shouted to the guards of there manor
"We search the whole manor and the forest around but we cannot find Lady Anastasia, everyone still finding for our Lady" head guard said
Lucas suddenly snap out and suddenly pointed his sword to the guard
"We didn't made you the head guard if you cannot even find my sister!" Lucas make a deep wound to the soldiers neck that make him collapse
"Lucas that's enough" Aillard interrupted them
"Tsk" Lucas put his sword back
"What did mom and dad said?" Ezekiel is calmly observing everything
"Mom is trying to find some news at the other town... and dad.... is still.... actually I'm not sure what's dad doing" Aillard said
Three of them become silent
"Do you think... Anastasia is on the...." Ezekiel mumbled
"Brother Ezekiel.... how can you stay so calmly?" Lucas asked
"We cannot do anything if were going to panick, that's all" Ezekiel answered Lucas calmly and straight forward
Ezekiel leave the living room and go back to his own room. His walking calmly until to his room door. Ezekiel suddenly punch his wall that make some bruises to his fist
"Dang it, I'm the one who should be looking at her!" Ezekiel shouted
He sat down on his bed and took a box from the drawer of his bed. Inside the box theres the book that the old man gave to Anastasia, he flip to the page where the phrase "VOID, yours is the power opposed.
But yours is potential, eternity potential, force that could deny Time." Few minutes have passed and Ezekiel is still looking at it....
"Void.... Eternity.... Deny time?..." Ezekiel mumbled
Someone suddenly knock on his door. He stand up and open it. He saw his brother Lucas standing straight while holding a flowery accessory for a girls hair
"What happened?" Ezekiel asked
"I saw this on the entrance of the forest" Lucas show the hair pin
"That's Anastasia hair pin... forest huh" Ezekiel took his cloak and head towards the entrance forest rushing.
"Brother where are you going?!" Lucas shouted from the window of Ezekiels room
"Dont follow me" Ezekiel shouted
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"The Moon Is Beautiful Isn't?"
Historical FictionLady Anastasia Ethel is from the family of Arevalous, she is the youngest and the only girl from the family and the protagonist of the story. She have three older brothers that is really adored her. There family is one of the nobles that rule the pl...
